Peace Begins in the Womb : Reflections from a Pro-Life Feminist

Peace Begins in the Womb: Reflections from a Pro-Life Feminist is a collection of published letters to the editor and articles by Marilyn Kopp, past president of the Ohio chapter of Feminists for Life of America and also includes articles and summaries of articles about Feminists for Life. Pro-life feminism proposes that it is misogynist to suggest that women are oppressed by their own life-giving capacity.

We will never be totally free until we realize that the beauty, power and strength of pregnancy is something that deserves to be accommodated and supported, not devalued and denigrated. Abortion conflicts with authentic feminist principles of justice, non-violence and non-discrimination.

Those who defend abortion have instead adopted the worst patriarchal standards: Seeking power through control and domination, condoning violence on the grounds of personal privacy and using killing to resolve conflict. Let's address the challenges that unplanned pregnancies present with life-affirming solutions, not with the lethal violence of abortion.